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Trailers/Videos

Brief synopsis

Over the course of three generations, EVOLUTION follows the fate of a Jewish family from 1945 to the present day. The film is divided into three parts and yet closely interwoven: A little girl is found in an abandoned gas chamber, having miraculously survived. Decades later in Budapest, Éva, already demented, is asked by her daughter Léna for birth certificates and identity papers – but all the official documents she possesses are forged to hide her Jewish origins. And then there is Éva’s grandson Jonás. He has just moved to Berlin with his mother and doesn’t even know who or what he is any more – only this he knows: that as a Jew he felt excluded at school. Éva, Léna, Jonas: grandmother, mother and son, simultaneously past, present and future.

(Port au Prince Pictures)

Cast

ActorRole nameVoice actor / SpeakerVoice actor
Lili MonoriÉva [L]
Annamária LángLéna [L]
Goya RegoJónás [L]
Padmé HamdemirYasmin [L]
Jule BöweFrau Clausen [SR]
Linnea GeppertClassmate

Crew

ActivityNameComment
1st ADRoger Schweizer
2nd ADBelinda Notz
Germany Shoot
Germany Shoot
2nd ADStefan Schatzmann
german part / pre production
german part / pre production
3rd ADMirijam Olbrich
4 DT / deutscher Teil
4 DT / deutscher Teil
3rd ADPhilipp Puchert
5DT in Deutschland
5DT in Deutschland
3rd ADPhoebe Jardine
Key / deutscher Teil
Key / deutscher Teil
3rd AD CrowdInes Göbel
German part
German part
3rd AD CrowdJohannes Prondzinsky
Deutscher Teil
Deutscher Teil
Director of photographyYorick Le Saux
1st assistant cameraTord Erhard
A-Cam / LF - German part
A-Cam / LF - German part
2nd assistant cameraBurkhard Klein
ALEXA Mini-LF / A-Cam / 7 SD / Germany
ALEXA Mini-LF / A-Cam / 7 SD / Germany
DIT digital imaging technicianClemens Wolfart
Video assist/playback operatorJohann Kirschneck
german part
german part
Still photographerSteffen Junghans
Shooting in Germany
Shooting in Germany
Casting directorUlrike Müller
Deutsche Rollen
Deutsche Rollen
Casting directorPatrick Dreikauss
für Kinder -und Jugendliche
für Kinder -und Jugendliche
Costume designerSophie Klenk-Wulff
Costume designerMelinda Domán
Assistant costume designerFranziska Hatzel
deutscher Teil
deutscher Teil
DirectorKornél Mundruczó
Extras coordinatorEvalotte Pietsch
5 DT
5 DT
EditorDávid Jancsó
Key gripKlaus Sprenger
KeyGrip / Leipzig
KeyGrip / Leipzig
GripJoel Knickel
Grip / Leipzig
Grip / Leipzig
GafferDaniel Pauselius
Deutschland Teil
Deutschland Teil
Lighting technician / electricianHenryk Olk
Addition MdM
Addition MdM
Key makeup artist/hair stylistZsombor Ágoston
Key makeup artist/hair stylistAstrid Lehmann
Makeup artist / hair stylistMelanie Burgemeister
ComposerDascha Dauenhauer
Assistant to composerLukas Lindner
Music consultantAnnette Gentz
Original Score
Original Score
ProducerViola Fügen
ProducerMichael Weber [1]
ProducerViktória Petrányi
Co-producerJúlia Berkes
Co-producerMichel Merkt
Co-producerTobias Pausinger
Production designerAlbrecht Konrad
Production designerJudit Varga
Set decoration buyerJoey Weber
Art department assistantKonstanze Siegemund
Prop buyerCaspar Frey
Vorbereitung Albrecht Konrad
Vorbereitung Albrecht Konrad
Standby propsKay Schilling
Location scoutStefan Hübert
Leipzig
Leipzig
Graphic artistNina Strathmann
Line producerStephan Barth
Budapest /Leipzig
Budapest /Leipzig
Production coordinatorElsa Triquet-Rey
Production coordinatorTobias Schulz
GER
GER
Assistant production managerHenriette Barth
Assistant production managerLouise Wilke
Location manager (local system)Daniel Timm
Location Manager Germany
Location Manager Germany
Assistant location managerMartin Stange
Assistant Location Manager Germany
Assistant Location Manager Germany
Production assistantDavid Bollwerk
Production driverMartin Neumeister
Set runnerNicola Waigand
Set runnerLicia Flocke
daily operation / Leipzig
daily operation / Leipzig
ScreenwriterKata Weber
Script translatorBálint von Berg
translation hungarian /german
translation hungarian /german
Production sound mixerMarc Meusinger
Germany
Germany
Boom operatorKai Hesselbarth
Boom operatorJohann Meis
Zusatz 5DT
Zusatz 5DT
Sound re-recording mixerSteve Single
Sound designerNoemi Hampel
Dialogue editorSabrina Naumann-Reichow
Child supervisorNora Dietrich
Child supervisorSimeon Hartwich
Chaperone
Chaperone
Occupational safety specialistReinhold Dienes
German part
German part

Production companies

CompanyComment
Match Factory Productions GmbH
Proton Cinema [hu]
Proton Terra Kft
Proton Terra Kft
ZDF - Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen
coproduction
coproduction

Distribution / Sales companies

CompanyComment
Mozinet [hu]
Port au Prince Pictures GmbH [de]
Germany (theatrical)
Germany (theatrical)
The Match Factory GmbH [de]
international sales
international sales

Facilities

DepartmentCompanyComment
Extras/Bit PlayerAgentur filmissimo Inh. Antje Mews
Komparserie Leipzig
Komparserie Leipzig
Lighting and UtilitiesMaier Bros. GmbH
deutscher Teil
deutscher Teil
Finance/Law/Insuranceadag Payroll Services GmbH
Transportation, Travel and AccomodationFrank H. Scheller (formerly Pickup24 KurierService)
Courier Services
Courier Services
Transportation, Travel and AccomodationMotel One Leipzig Post
CostumesDHS Filmservice GmbH
CostumesWellenstein zeitgenössische Kostüme GmbH
KB: Sophie Klenk-Wulff
KB: Sophie Klenk-Wulff
DecorationDesign & Musterbau
Konstruction, Dec., SFX - Leipzig
Konstruction, Dec., SFX - Leipzig
Makeup and HairDHS Filmservice GmbH
PropsDelikatessen Requisiten Fundus Berlin oHG

Awards

Award winnerYearAwardCategory 
Kornél Mundruczó2021Batumi Film Festival [ge]
Best Film Director
Best Film DirectorWinner

Festivals

YearCountryFestivalComment
2022ItalyTrieste Film Festival
Special Event - Eastern Star Award for Kornél Mundruczó
Special Event - Eastern Star Award for Kornél Mundruczó
2021GermanyFilmfest Hamburg
Kaleidoscope
Kaleidoscope
2021FranceFestival de Cannes
Official Selection - Cannes Premieres
Official Selection - Cannes Premieres

Cinema releases and premieres

TypeCountryDateComment
Theatre releaseGermanyThursday, 25/08/2022
Theatre releaseFranceWednesday, 18/05/2022
Theatre releaseHungaryThursday, 25/11/2021
PremiereSunday, 11/07/2021Festival de Cannes - Out of Competition [fr]